Martin Bauman

Mar 13, 2025 | thecoast.ca | Martin Bauman

Ava Val has heard enough performative allyship since coming out as a trans woman in her thirties. “If I get one more ‘Yasss Queen!’ while I’m picking a wedgie in a park, I’m detransitioning,” the Toronto comedian jokes in So Brave, her gut-busting debut comedy special.

Mar 11, 2025 | thecoast.ca | Martin Bauman

Ashleigh Myles is not fazed by long hours in the bicycle saddle. The Halifax-based bike technician co-created the Tip 2 Tip Nova Scotia endurance race, a 1,000-kilometre haul from The Hawk Beach on Cape Sable Island to Cape Breton’s Meat Cove, in 2020.

Mar 7, 2025 | thecoast.ca | Martin Bauman

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Mar 5, 2025 | thecoast.ca | Martin Bauman

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Mar 4, 2025 | thecoast.ca | Martin Bauman

Spring is almost here—finally!—and with the longer days of March, Halifax is coming back to life. From film festivals celebrating homegrown talent to some of Canada’s biggest rock acts coming to town, there’s a whole lot more to look forward to this month than just the promise of warmer weather.